Wringing machine



J. DECELLES WRINGING MACHINE March 25 Filed Nov. 17 1922 citizen of theUnited States, residing at.

JOSEPH DECELLES, OF VVOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

WEING-ING MACHINE.

Application filed November 17, 1822.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DEcELLEs, a

Vvoonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Wringing Machines, ofwhich thefollowing is a specification. 4

My present invention pertains to wringers such as are generally employedin connec- 'tion With clothes washing machines, and

it contemplates the provision of an attachment for such wringers throughthe mediun of which liability of injury to the hands or fingers of aperson employing the Wringer will be practically eliminated.

The invention further contemplates the provision of an attachment forclothes wringers that may be easily and quickly positioned either on theleft or right hand side of the wringer rolls, and one that will feed theclothes to the wringerrolls in an automatic and even manner.

The invention in all of its details will" be fully understood from thefollowing description and claims, when the same are.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken through. the longitudinal ortransverse center of Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference designate 'corresponding parts in all theViews of the drawings.

My novel safety attachment is designed to be secured to any style ofclothes Wringer constructed in the well known manner but for thepurposes of illustration, I have shown a wringer comprising the frame 1,in which aresupported the usual wringer rolls 6 and 7, of rubber orother suitable Composition, and the said rollers are disclosed asoperated by the gears S-and 9, from a source of energy in the ordinarymanner. In order to regulate the pressure on the rollers, I illustratethe Springs 4, and the thumb screw 5, and properly positioned on theframe 1 are the clothes guide boards 3.

Supported to one of the guide boards Serial No. 601,554. V

.or shelf 19, the same being preferably inclined as illustrated,iwiththe edge nearest the machine positioned in close proXimity to the biteof the rolls 6 and 7., The guide.` brackets 14 and 18 are secured in any,approved manner to the shelf 19 and operatively supported by the saidshelf 19 and hrackets 14 and 18 is my novel clothes feeding device 15that eXtends the full Width of the machine and is comparatively narrowas illustrated. `The ngersl are attached to, the inner edge of thefeeding device 15 and theyrest and slide upon the table or shelf 19incident to the operation hereinafter set forth.

' The inner ends of the fingers or tips 16 are designed to reach intoclose proximity of the rolls 6 or 7 and the outer edge of the feedingdevice 15 is intended to rest and slide upon the guide brackets 14 and18 above referred to. v

In order to impart a reciprocating motion to the feeding device from thewringer roll gear 8 of roll 6 I provide a orank plate 10 that 'issecured to the outer' side of the gear 8 and the link 12,' said linkbeing secured in an operative manner to the plate 10, by means of thepin 11. and the link is' further secured to the feeding' device by thepin 14'. At this point I deem it proper to' set forth that in theordinary construc- 'device 15 I provide a rod 22' suitably supported bybrackets 22 to the wringer frame 1. This rod eXtends completely acrossthe machine to the opposite side thereof and secured to said oppositeend of the rod are arms 23 and 23', the arm 23 being loosely connectedby means of a link 24 to the pin. 11' on the crank plate 10 and byreason of such connection, these members are permitted to operate*synchronously with the link 12 upon rotation of the gears 8 and 9 andcrank plate 10.

Because of the fact that there are-*110 at 12' to receive the pin 1 1'which are in serted in the ends of the feeding device as shown in Figure1 and in order to secure the device in position I employ by preference aT-shaped latch 13 suitable for its purpose. s It will be manifest fromthe ioregoing that incident to the rotation of the rolls 6 and 7 thefeeding device 15 will be caused to oscillate forwardly and backwardlyby reason of the Connecting links and henoe by laying the clothes to bewrung upon the feeding device 15 in such a manner that the fingers 16will serve to push same into 'the bite of the rolls, it is easily seenthat the liability or danger of getting one s fingers caught between therolls and subsequent danger of serious injury is practically eliminated.

In order to hold the feeding device 15 and more partioularly the fingers16 in an approximate contact with the shelf or table 19 I provide thespring clip rod 17 that is attached to the edge of the feeding device bystaples or otherwise and the ends of said rod 17 rest beneath the links12. In certain construction of wringing machines there is provision `forwringing clothes either from the right or left side and although I haveshown my device as' secured to the left of the rolls I would distinctlyhave it understood that when it is desired to enter the clothes on;

the right and leave at the left it is simply necessary to transfer mydevice by releasing the pins 14' of the feeding device 15 by disengaging'the latch 13 and then remove said device and pins from the slottedportions 12' in the links 12'. The she'lf 15 is then removed bydisengaging the nger clips 20, from the guide board 3 on the left handside of the rolls and place the shelf 15 in a Similar position on the:guide board 3 at the right side of the rolls. The clips 20 are thenengaged by the right hand guide board 3 and the links 12 are swung overto the right of the machine (opposite to the position illustrated) andthe feeding device 15 is properly positioned on the wringer. It is alsonecessary to provide the link 24'intermediate the arrn 23 and link 12because of the fact that the reversing operation would be impracticablewithout said link, and thus it will be seen that the link 24 is requiredon one side as its purpose is to operate the rod 22' and its connectingelements when the feeding device has been positioned .on the right sideof 'the wringer.

Having deseribed my invention, what I' claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. In an automatic feeding mechanism, the combnaton of awrnger having a frame, rolls arranged in the frame, pressure regulatng*means mounted above the rolls gears formed on the ends of the rolls, ashelf inclined from the rolls and entering the bite fingers adapted tobe forced on theshelt, pins :for holding the fingers above the shelf, alatch :for preventing easual displacenent of the pins from the table,links eXtending from the table, a cam having a. pin connected with oneend of one link; said cam being secured to one of the gears of oneroller, a link secured to the cam, a rod secured by a short link to thelast named link and eXtending across the length the rollers, a shortlink secured to the opposite end of the rod and also secured to a linkthat extends from, one of the pins, and brackets for holding the rod inproper position on the frame Whereby rotary motion of the rolls willimpart oscillating motion to the table. r

2. In automatic clothes feeding mecha- I nism, the combination ofwringer rolls gears secured to one side e' the rolls', links extendingon the sides of the rolls; one of said links having one end secured toan eccentric plate that is secured to one of the gears, slots formed inthe outer ends of the links, a table removably arrangedon the links andhaving pins that are renovably locked in the slots of the links toprevent casual displacement of the table; the inner end of the tablehaving inWardly tapered fingers inclined toward the rollers, a tablearranged below the iirst named table and entering the bite of 'therollers and a rod adapted to assist even oscillatio-n of the first namedtable on rotation of the rollers. t

3. In an automatic 'feeding meehanism,`the combination of a wringerrolls, pressure regulating means above the rolls, gears `formed on oneend of each roll a shelr" extending at one end into the bite of therolls, a feeding table arranged on the shelf and comprising fingersadapted to be moved over the shelf, means for looking the 'fee'dingtable on the shelf, links extending from the table, a cam having a pinsecured thereto and also being secured to one of the roller gears, a rodse cured by a short link to the last-named link and extending acrossthelength of the rollers, a short link secured to the opposite end ofthe rod and also to a link that extends from one of the pins, andbrackets for holding the rod in position on the frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in'presence of twosubscrbing wit nessesj r JOSEPH DECELLES.

Witnesses:

EDGAR L. SPAULDING, EVELYN W. SPAULDING. V

